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GHSA-5824-cm3x-3c38

GitHub Security Advisory

Vyper has incorrectly allocated named re-entrancy locks

✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact

In versions 0.2.15, 0.2.16 and 0.3.0, named re-entrancy locks are allocated incorrectly. Each function using a named re-entrancy lock gets a unique lock regardless of the key, allowing cross-function re-entrancy in contracts compiled with the susceptible versions. A specific set of conditions is required to result in misbehavior of affected contracts, specifically:

- A `.vy` contract compiled with either of the following `vyper` versions: `0.2.15`, `0.2.16`, `0.3.0`
- A primary function that utilizes the `@nonreentrant` decorator with a specific `key` and does not strictly follow the check-effects-interaction pattern (i.e. contains an external call to an untrusted party before storage updates)
- A secondary function that utilizes the same `key` and would be affected by the improper state caused by the primary function

### Patches
https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/pull/2439, https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/pull/2514

### Workarounds
Upgrade to 0.3.1 or higher

### References
Technical post-mortem report: https://hackmd.io/@vyperlang/HJUgNMhs2

Affected Packages

PyPI vyper
Affected versions: 0.2.15 (fixed in 0.3.1)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-5824-cm3x-3c38
Published
August 9, 2023 2:27 PM
Last Modified
October 11, 2024 2:04 PM
CVSS Score
9.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
PyPI
Primary Package
vyper
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: June 18, 2025 6:25 AM

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